On Thu, 16 Jan 2014, Elan Ruusamäe wrote:
> On 15/01/14 23:04, Jacek Konieczny wrote:
> > On 2014-01-15 20:45, Jan Rękorajski wrote:
> >> My proposal is to do what Fedora does in its repo, for a retired package:
> >> 1) git delete all files in package, spec, patches, etc.
> >> 2) create "dead.pack
On Wed, 15 Jan 2014, Elan Ruusamäe wrote:
> On 15/01/14 21:45, Jan Rękorajski wrote:
> > My proposal is to do what Fedora does in its repo, for a retired package:
> > 1) git delete all files in package, spec, patches, etc.
> > 2) create "dead.package" file with explanation why it was retired (for
On 15/01/14 23:04, Jacek Konieczny wrote:
On 2014-01-15 20:45, Jan Rękorajski wrote:
My proposal is to do what Fedora does in its repo, for a retired package:
1) git delete all files in package, spec, patches, etc.
2) create "dead.package" file with explanation why it was retired (for
exampl
On 2014-01-15 21:11, Elan Ruusamäe wrote:
> On 15/01/14 21:45, Jan Rękorajski wrote:
>> My proposal is to do what Fedora does in its repo, for a retired package:
>> 1) git delete all files in package, spec, patches, etc.
>> 2) create "dead.package" file with explanation why it was retired (for
>>
On 2014-01-15 20:45, Jan Rękorajski wrote:
> My proposal is to do what Fedora does in its repo, for a retired package:
> 1) git delete all files in package, spec, patches, etc.
> 2) create "dead.package" file with explanation why it was retired (for
>example "Obsoleted by XXX" or "Renamed to YY
On 15/01/14 21:45, Jan Rękorajski wrote:
My proposal is to do what Fedora does in its repo, for a retired package:
1) git delete all files in package, spec, patches, etc.
2) create "dead.package" file with explanation why it was retired (for
example "Obsoleted by XXX" or "Renamed to YYY")
3)
Hi,
We need some form of retiring unused/dead/obsoleted packages to avoid
mistakes, duplicates or just to tell everyone "this is not the package
you are looking for". As an example lets take libcrypto++ package which
is an outdated, misnamed duplicate of cryptopp, I started updating it
recently onl
